39 Quotes by Cy Twombly

I have my pace and way of living, and I'm not looking for something.

I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them.

My parents were from New England. It's very funny, but when I grew up, you always had to say, 'Yes, ma'am' and 'Yes, sir.'

I was brought up to think you don't talk about yourself.

I love my sculptures, and I was lucky I had them for 50 years because no one would look at them and I really liked having them around.

Paint is something that I use with my hands and do all those tactile things. I really don't like oil because you can't get back into it, or you make a mess. It's not my favourite thing... pencil is more my medium than wet paint.

I listed to Tchaikovsky. He is both kitsch and profound. I love that lack of "Good taste."

I hate roses. Don't you? It's all right if you can hide them in a cutting garden, but I think a rose garden is the height of ick.

I work in waves, because I'm impatient. Because of a certain physicality, of lack of breath from standing. It has to be done and I do take liberties I wouldn't have taken before.